Comments on: Your Turn (Beckett Basketball No. 243): What one rookie will you collect this year?

By: Tom Waldron

Tom Waldron — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:53:49 +0000

I must also say I don’t understand the Double rc redemption. Two diffrent rc’s years bad idea thais is the method on how not to create intrest I guess. Unless you get the no 1 pick. Panini had the moment and they dropped the ball —turnover now let’s get Topps back in the game please. Can you imagin a Topps chrome rc auto Kyrie Irvin or Fab melo.
Fab Melo ,Anthony Davis ,Barnes Gilchrist this is a great draft year 2012 that is.
THe 90′s was great because more companies competed for the dollars of collectors and thus greater innovation.
Come-on man NBA Give us back our Chrome rc’s bring back Topps.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:18:09 +0000

Thought you might get a kick out of this…….My Grand kids and I were opening up a box of cards a few weeks ago.
Well, after explaining that we must take good care of the cards when opening the packs so we can get them graded, I heard my eight year old Grand daughter say to her brother (11 yr. old), ” OH, Grandpa is gonna be MAD!
Somebody scribbled on this card”

Well that scribble was a 2010 Bowman Platinum Mike Trout Auto.
Evidently Grandpa wasn’t mad.
She was so excited once she found out what she had pulled. Being from So. Cal. even my eight year old grand daughter knows who Mike Trout is.
So now you can imagine what she wants to do at Grandpa’s house….Bust open some boxes.

I think I have created a Future Collector!!

Thanks guys,
ED

By: Kirby Daubanton

Kirby Daubanton — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:58:02 +0000

The moment Kenneth Faried aka “The Manimal,” set foot on an NBA court, I knew that he is someone that I wanted to collect. The energy that he brings to the game is infectious, to both teammates and fans alike. I was disappointed that the lockout led to the exclusion of RC’s in 2011-12 products, but it made the release of his RC’s in 2012-13 all the more worthwhile.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:44:54 +0000

Royce White he will be a great big man on a team full of power forwards. Lets Just hope he can get to the games…

By: Joshua (jpleazme805)

Joshua (jpleazme805) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:11:02 +0000

I have not decided yet…. I am still upset with Panini’s decision to do a double RC year redemption program….

If Panini puts last year’s RC cards in 2012-13 products & calls them RC’s… then why release redemptions for auto rookies in 2011-12 products…. ?? They will not be considered RC’s, because it is after they’ve already played for a season, well, a reduced season….

The only RC’s from last year, would be an unknown/unpopular player that did not have a card produced, but now has gained stardom for their playing skills.. maybe, a free agent….

I believe most of us collectors understand the XRC thing… when it comes to redemptions.. UD was been doing that for a few years with their FINEST products…

Now, Panini, has tried that concept for this upcoming years RC’s.. they released non-auto redemptions for 2012-13 RC’s in their 2011-12 products……..

If panini was not able to produce a RC card, because of the shorten season.. then throw in some redemptions… but why put all this hype into their products about a double RC year… all it is, is a marketing tool so they can squeeze every penny out of us collectors…

like with Hoops… they threw in double RC redemption program… the future RC’s are numbered, but the season just ended, well, there RC’s are not numbered.. so collectors were going crazy, trying to pick them up on the cheap.. hoping to score big, if that numbered card turns out to be the RC of the Year for 2011-12… or another great RC from that class..

sorry, Panini.. I haven’t bought any boxes since Preferred was released & do not plan on buying any in the near future… cheaper to buy singles than gamble on boxes of unknown cards….

I’m not in collecting basketball cards for profit….. I do it as a hobby & a love for the sport!!

free speech!!

By: Dean A Beckstein

Dean A Beckstein — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:12:28 +0000

For me it has to be Brandon Knight of the Detroit Pistons. He is a star in the making of a really good looking young team.

By: Justin Barcomb

Justin Barcomb — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:02:40 +0000

Jimmer Fredette. He is from a small town here in upstate NY. Happy to see a local player make it! We’ve only had a few professional athletes from the area.

By: Mike Gilbert

Mike Gilbert — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:52:38 +0000

Billy Hamilton -He is a running fool!

By: payton neufeld

payton neufeld — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:09:16 +0000

anthont davis, cause he rocks

By: afff

afff — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:27:05 +0000

all of them, thats just because i only collect sets and not players